Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 16:56:01 +0100 From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 3.4 CD boot nogo on GA-BX2000/PIII-500 Message-ID: <20000207165601.A46546@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <200002071529.KAA81696@server.baldwin.cx>; from jhb@FreeBSD.org on Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 10:29:09AM -0500 References: <200002070753.IAA44194@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> <200002071529.KAA81696@server.baldwin.cx>
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On Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 10:29:09AM -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 07-Feb-00 Christoph Kukulies wrote: > > > > I tried to do an upgrade of a 3.3 system which I installed > > yesterday (the 3.3 CD didn't boot either - Atapi CD as master on first > > IDE controller). When trying to boot the 3.4 CD I got > > > > 1. FD 2.88 MB System Type (00) > > > > and then lock-o-city. > > Apparently your BIOS doesn't grok 2.88 floppies very well. You should be ?? To clarify: I had no floppy inserted, I had a floppy drive A 1.44 MB activated in the BIOS, boot sequence CDROM,A,C (IIRC) and then that message above. I *wanted* to boot from the CD. Installing from the 1.44 floppies wasn't the problem, that worked fine. > able to boot fine off of the boot floppies. I'm working on a fix for this > that should hopefully be ready for 3.5 and 4.1. > > > I believe this message comes from the FreeBSD boot loader. > > (I have a 1.44 MB Floppy in the system BTW). > > OK, I'll continue with creating floppies... > > > > -- > > Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de > > -- > > John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ > PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc > "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ -- Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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